I'm Still Here Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043316917
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Lexington, MA, USA
- Phone
- 7818165151
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Medical Research N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $221,599
- Expenses
- $209,023
- Assets
- $86,859
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JERRY PUCILLO (PRESIDENT)
- SHARON JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (JOINED 10/25))
Highest reported compensation
- SHARON JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (JOINED 10/25)): $13,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The i'm still here foundation is dedicated to proving that meaningful engagement can profoundly enhance the lives of people living with dementia and shift the world's perception of what's possible. (see schedule o)our mission is to replace fear and stigma with hope and understanding, showing that wellness is achievable and individual strengths endure. We envision a world where dementia is recognized as a disability, not a disease; where non-drug therapies take precedence over medications; and where compassion, connection, and purpose guide care.
What it reported doing in 2025
Community program support - collaboration with art, culture, business and civic organizations, creating a community inclusion program for individuals with demetia, their care partners and family members. The foundation encourages community groups and individuals to take advantage of our knowledge and experience and can receive financial support and advice from the foundation. The ish foundation studies the impact of all i'm still here programs. Feedback and measurement provide information on how much the behavioral effects of memory loss agitation, aggression, apathy, anxiety, social withdrawal, and, depression are reduced by programs based on the i'm still here principles. In addition, we measure improvements to the quality of life of participants.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 96%; rating input score 96; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $202K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $13K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.